Adobe will stop developing Flash for mobile devices

Adobe has made ​​some official statements which relates everything related to a series of internal restructuring. Something that has not been openly communicated cessation Adobe Flash development for mobile devices.

Sources close to ZDNet have said that Adobe will cease development of its plugins for Adobe Flash on mobile operating systems. Apparently this decision is based on their intended support developers to port their applications to Adobe Air and that they can be downloaded and installed from any app store.
All this user will that if at any future version of Android or WebOS need to recompile the application to be compatible with it, Adobe will not support Adobe Flash Player for these operating system versions. Also not generate specific versions of Adobe Flash Player for mobile devices that need a player concrete adapted to their capabilities. For all these new developments will be required to use Adobe Air and HTML5 instead.

New Policy

They claim not adapt the new versions of Adobe Flash to any new mobile operating system, or any new version of them need a major reform of the code, the same way either develop new versions of Adobe Flash Player for any new device. While offering will also ensure that new revisions that provide bug fixes or security updates. Something that will get users continue to feel secure in using this platform applications on their mobile devices.

HTML5

Adobe will also focus on support HTML5 in its Creative Suite, which might surprise since this technology is the direct competitor in some sectors of Adobe Flash. This set of decisions could ultimately benefit Apple and their devices, because if all the support for Adobe Flash on mobile devices is dissipated, from now on all mobile applications developed on Adobe software should be compatible with all platforms, including devices running iOS.

Reactions

We'll have to wait for the reaction of the programmers to know that will impact on the world of mobile devices in general. But you can certainly make a big difference in how to use the terminal now. Although it is clear that Adobe Flash is not an essential for the operation of an operating system, for some users compatibility makes this technology makes them opt for a device or another at the time of purchase. Source